#BDD261#BDD261

#BDD261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD261
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -23.33, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 57.76, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0669 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.141 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1911, 57.7754, 20.0253)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD261 #7661D2

analogous

#D2AE61 #BDD261 #85D261

triadic

#BDD261 #61BDD2 #D261BD

tetradic

#BDD261 #61D2AE #7661D2 #D26185

square

#BDD261 #61D2AE #7661D2 #D26185

split-complementary

#BDD261 #6185D2 #AE61D2

monochromatic

#7D9029 #A6BF36 #BDD261 #D1E091 #E5EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BDD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#BDD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD261

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD261	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df91',
    500: '#bdd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd261;
$custom-light: #d3df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.15,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD261

secondary

#514296

accent

#22C340

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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